Then the time has come for introducing the beautiful city of Tvedestrand. Too late we discovered that if one wants to get best possible pictures from Tvedestrand, you’d bhetter be there from 11 am, which of course, we were not! The problem related to a late arrival is that most of the city at this time is lighted from behind and not from the seaside, but some kind of pictures you shall have . . .Dette er punktet hvor man tar seg inn i byen.
This is the point where you enter the city!Vi fant fort ut at vi hadde gjort en tabbe. Hovedgaten (som starter rett foran oss) synes å være stengt for bilkjøring – hvis man er besøkende – mens fastboende fortsatt kan kjøre!?Vi stusset litt over dette, men fant fort at for å kjøre bil her, så må man være i besittelse av lokalkjennskap! Dessuten ville det ha vært umulig å ha en bil å passe på når hovedfokus er å ta bilder . . .

We were quick to discover that we’d probably made a mistake. The main street (in front of us) was closed to motorized traffic – unless you happened to be a local resident! We were contemplating this fact, but were rather quick to understand that if you wanted to drive your car here, you’d need a thorough knowledge of the area! Besides – it would have been impossible to take care of a car as long as our main agenda was to take pictures!Jeg er ganske sikker på at dere skjønner hva jeg mener?
I’m pretty sure you get my meaning?Det er ikke mange muligheter til å parkere noe som helst om man ikke ønsker å bidra til å skape en vanskelig situasjon. Å møte annen trafikk kan også vise seg å bli et problem!

The little alley is named after on of our most esteemed litterary personalities of Norway:
The renowned author Arne Garborg, born at Jaeren i8n 1851 and later (1872) he founded
the local paper here in the city of Tvedestrand.På denne tiden av dagen hviler hovedgaten i Tvedestrand for det meste i skyggen –
This time of the day, the main street in Tvedestrand rests in the shadows.Denne gamle bygningen minner oss om tider da hang opp dagens aviser på en vegg slik at alle – også de som ikke hadde råd – kunne lese dagens nyheter.

This old building reminds us of a time when papers were hung on the walls so that everybody – including those that could not afford it – could read the daily news.Jeg vet ikke hvor lenge man har solgt fersk fisk fra denne lille butikkken i byens hovedgate, men antagelig startet de lenge før min tid –

I have no idea for how long they have been selling fresh fish from this little shop on the main street of Tvedestrand, but I have a feeling it’s way before my time –Jeg nevnte ‘lokalavisen: Tvedestrandsposten? Og her – i ‘hovedgaten’ – holder de til!I mentioned the local paper: ‘Tvedestrandsposten’? And here on the main street they have their office!
Her holder lokale eiendomsutviklere til!This is where you find the local property developers.Fremdeles i skyggen –
Still in the shadows –Svinger svakt mot høyre og fortsetter ned mot havnen . . .Making a slight right hand turn and continues down towards the sea . . .Trange smug som man bør være lokalkjent for å finne!
Narrow alleys that you only find if you’re a local

The building to your right is for sale. However, it seemed to be from the 17th or 1800’s and would most likely incur massive costs . . .?Og når det rett og slett ikke er plass på bakken, så bygger man også her i høyden . . .
And when there’s no more space on the ground, you go up – here as well!

The city of Tvedestrand is one of a number of cities/places calling themselves the
‘book cities‘ specializing in old books and/or magazines to very reasonable prices, and – here is one of them!Her er indre havn i Tvedestrand. Legg merke til uteserveringen på en flåte im havnebassenget.

May we hope for a bit of sunshine over Tvedestrand soon? There is in fact a small streak of blue out there above the horizon?Vi har snakket om biler i Tvedestrand. Faktum er at sykler antagelig fungerer mye bedre her nede; særlig da de nye elektriske som har kommet på markedet –

Tvedestrand Fjord Hotel is located on the other side of the fjord – just outside of the right hand frame.Her inne i vika ligger et kunstgalleri og en av hjørnestensbedriftene i Tvedestrand: Teamtec.

Here inside the bay lies an art gallery and one of the cornerstone businesses of Tvedestrand: Teamtec.Tilbake i centrum og Typhondekket
Back into the centre of the city and the on spoken ‘Typhone deck’.Fra indre havn i retning av Labakken. Bakerst kan vi se de nyeste boligblokkene i Tvedestrand som har vært mye omdiskutert både med hensyn til størrelse og plassering. Mange er av den mening at de er for store og at de rent arkitektonisk ikke passer inn i den øvrige bebyggelse i TvedestrandFrom the inner harbour in the direction of Labakken. In the back we may see the newest apartmentbuildings in Tvedestrand that has been extensively been discussed. Many are those that mean this buildings are way to large and that they architetical just don’t fit into a place like Tvedestrand!Endelig litt sol. Kanskje kan dere ennå få et brukbart inntrykk av Tvedestrand?
Sun at last! Perhaps you may still get an acceptabel impression of the city of Tvedestrand?Trangt, men med kreative løsninger. Her kan det være hyggelig å bo.Cramped,butwithcreative solutions.Hereit might benice to live.Det kunne vært omtrent som hos naboen, men det er det altså ikke . . .
It could have looked something like by the neighbour, but it doesn’t . . .Bøker og magasiner fra 50-tallet! Her er det mye rart og spennende for den som leter . . .
Books and magazines from the 50’s! Here you may find lot of exiting items if you are into books and magazines! Click to ‘full size’!Filadelfiakirken i Tvedestrand
The Philadelphia Church in TvedestrandTrange gater og bratte bakker kjennetegner Tvedestrand.Narrow streets and steep hills are typical for Tvedestrand.

We have walked up into the hillside, but let me first tell you that I have encountered a fgew probklems with my editor. It doesn’t perform like it should when it comes to vertical frames, thus there are a full dozen vertical frames missing from this report. Hopefully I’ll be able to insert them at a later date provided the technicians of WP may get things working like it’s supposed to.
Here a panorama shot of the outer parts of the city.Nei, det er ikke noe galt med kameraet! Men kanskje kan det være lurt å sjekke litt rundt fundamenteringen . . .

No, there’s nothing wrong with my camera! But perhaps it’s a good idea to check foundations in some places?Energi-leverandøren kunne virkelig trengt en ‘skjønnhets-konsulent’!
The energy supplier could really use somebody with ane eye for landscapes?Tvedestrand kirke er en langkirke i tegl oppført i 1860 og med plass til 300 menneskerThe Tvedestrand church is a so called ‘longchurch’ erected in brick in the year 1860 seating 300 people.

We have come down the ‘Kirkekleiva’ and are back in the city’s main street, only in the other end of it! Nå har vi på en måte gått runden. Vi ankom Tvedestrand via en innkjøring i andre enden av Fjære-tjernet (høyre bildekant). Nå skal vi gå tilbake og fortsette hovedgatgen ned til skjæringspunktet.

Well, we have walked all around. This is the main road by which we arrived at Tvedestrand. Now I’ll walk back a few paces an d follow the main street back to where we started.Her oppe ligger en blomsterforretning og en lokal bank!
Up here lies a florist and a local bank!Gjennom øvre enden av Hovedgata –
Through the upper part of the Main Street –Vi burde kanskje fortelle dere om et annet særtrekk (eller kall det gjerne en advarsel 🙂 ) for i Tvedestrand holder man en sømmelig tone og ikke noen former for fyll eller fanteri.Presis kl 16.00 stenger all servering! Overalt! Du får ikke et smørbrød, en kake eller en kopp kaffe etter kl 16.00! Og slett ikke en kald øl!

And with this flower arrangement at our parking lot we bid you good bye from the city of Tvedestrand for this time. Thanks for your company! As promised, we’ll try to expand this report with another dozen vertical frames as soon as possible, but at the moment it’s not possible!
(Compliments of SRB)

9 Responses to Tvedestrand

White houses lined up
it is getting dark..may rain
pitched roof together so simple and plain
winding silent lanes
whispering in waves..along the shore
please come here again 🙂
Yellow house…lovely flowers..
Long church ..with brick and tower
A place to be..clouds look light perhaps no shower 🙂